10492531

Information Pushing Method and Communication System

PublishedDecember 3, 2019
Assigneenot available in USPTO data we have
InventorsQiuming Liu
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
20 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. An information pushing method, comprising: detecting, by an electronic cigarette, a behavior characteristic of a user; generating, by the electronic cigarette, a triggering signal if the behavior characteristic of the user satisfies a preset condition; transmitting, by the electronic cigarette, the triggering signal to a user terminal bound to the electronic cigarette; performing positioning, by the user terminal, and transmitting position information of the user terminal to a service platform; and judging, by the service platform, whether the user satisfies an interaction condition according to the received position information; and pushing a group message to the user terminal, if the user satisfies the interaction condition.

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2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: judging, by the electronic cigarette, whether the user is smoking; and determining that the behavior characteristic of the user satisfies the preset condition, if the user is smoking.

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3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein generating, by the electronic cigarette, a triggering signal comprises: generating, by a sensor in the electronic cigarette, a pulse signal and transmitting the pulse signal to a processor in the electronic cigarette; and generating, by the processor in the electronic cigarette, a triggering signal according to the pulse signal, for indicating that the user is smoking.

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4. The method according to claims 3 , wherein the sensor is an airflow sensitive switch or a key switch; and wherein the key switch is a light-touch switch or a sensitive switch.

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5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before transmitting, by the electronic cigarette, the triggering signal to a user terminal bound to the electronic cigarette, the method further comprises: judging, by the electronic cigarette, whether a client application in the user terminal is operating; and triggering the electronic cigarette to transmit the triggering signal to the user terminal bound to the electronic cigarette, if the client in the user terminal is operating.

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6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein judging, by the electronic cigarette, whether a client application in the user terminal is operating comprises: transmitting, by the electronic cigarette, a client detecting massage to the user terminal; judging, by the electronic cigarette, whether a client response message replied by the user terminal is received; and determining that the client application in the user terminal is operating, if the client response message replied by the user terminal is received.

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7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein judging, by the service platform, whether the user satisfies an interaction condition according to the received position information comprises: judging, by the service platform, whether a distance between the user and other user is smaller than a preset distance according to the position information; and determining that the user satisfies the interaction condition, if the distance between the user and other user is smaller than the preset distance.

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8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: collecting, by the electronic cigarette, a smoking parameter of the user, and transmitting the smoking parameter to the user terminal, if the behavior characteristic of the user satisfies the preset condition.

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9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein before performing positioning, by the user terminal, the method further comprises: judging, by the user terminal, whether a difference between a time when the user last smokes and a current time is smaller than a preset value according to the smoking parameter; and triggering the user terminal to perform the positioning, if the difference between the time when the user last smokes and the current time is smaller than the preset value; or judging, by the user terminal, whether a frequency of the user smoking in a predetermined period of time is larger than a preset value according to the smoking parameter; and triggering the user terminal to perform the positioning, if the frequency of the user smoking in the predetermined period of time is larger than the preset value.

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10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein after collecting, by the electronic cigarette, a smoking parameter of the user, and transmitting the smoking parameter to the user terminal, the method further comprises: transmitting, by the user terminal, the smoking parameter to the service platform; wherein judging, by the service platform, whether the user satisfies an interaction condition according to the received position information comprises: judging, by the service platform, whether the user satisfied the interaction condition according to the smoking parameter and the position information.

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11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein judging, by the service platform, whether the user satisfies an interaction condition according to the smoking parameter and the position information comprises: judging, by the service platform, whether a distance between the user and other user is smaller than a preset distance according to the position information, judging whether a difference between a time when the user last smokes and a current time is smaller than a preset value according to the smoking parameter if the distance between the user and other user is smaller than the preset distance according to the position information, and determining that the user satisfies the interaction condition if the difference between the time when the user last smokes and the current time is smaller than the preset value; or judging, by the service platform, whether a distance between the user and other user is smaller than a preset distance according to the position information, judging whether a frequency of the user smoking in a predetermined period of time is larger than a preset value according to the smoking parameter if the distance between the user and other user is smaller than the preset distance according to the position information, and determining that the user satisfies the interaction condition if the frequency of the user smoking in the predetermined period of time is larger than the preset value.

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12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein pushing a group message to the user terminal of the user comprises: pushing, by the service platform, promotion information or game data to the user terminal.

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13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user terminal is a mobile phone, a personal computer, a laptop or a tablet computer.

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14. A communication system, comprising: an electronic cigarette, a user terminal and a service platform; wherein the electronic cigarette is configured to detect a behavior characteristic of a user, generate a triggering signal if the behavior characteristic of the user satisfies a preset condition, and transmit the triggering signal to the user terminal bound to the electronic cigarette; the user terminal is configured to perform positioning and transmit position information of the user terminal to the service platform; and the service platform is configured to judge whether the user satisfies an interaction condition according to the received position information ; and push a group message to the user terminal if the user satisfies the interaction condition.

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15. The communication system according to claim 14 , wherein the electronic cigarette comprises a sensor and a processor; wherein the sensor is configured to generate a pulse signal and transmit the pulse signal to the processor when the user is smoking; and the processor is configured to generate the triggering signal according to the pulse signal, for indicating that the user is smoking.

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16. The communication system according to claim 15 , wherein the sensor is an airflow sensitive switch or a key switch; and wherein the key switch is a light-touch switch or a sensitive switch.

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17. The communication system according to claim 14 , wherein the electronic cigarette is further configured to collect a smoking parameter of the user and transmit the smoking parameter to the user terminal if the behavior characteristic of the user satisfies the preset condition.

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18. The communication system according to claim 17 , wherein the user terminal is further configured to judge whether a difference between a time when the user last smokes and a current time is smaller than a preset value according to the smoking parameter, and trigger the user terminal to perform the positioning if the difference between the time when the user last smokes and the current time is smaller than the preset value; or the user terminal is further configured to judge whether a frequency of the user smoking in a predetermined period of time is larger than a preset value according to the smoking parameter, and trigger the user terminal to perform the positioning if the frequency of the user smoking in the predetermined period of time is larger than the preset value.

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19. The communication system according to claim 17 , wherein the user terminal is further configured to transmit the smoking parameter to the service platform; and the service platform is configured to judge whether the user satisfies the interaction condition according to the smoking parameter and the received position information.

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20. The communication system according to claim 14 , wherein the user terminal is a mobile phone, a personal computer, a laptop or a tablet computer.

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December 3, 2019

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Qiuming Liu

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